Essential role of Helicobacter pylori γ-glutamyltranspeptidase for the colonization of the gastric mucosa of mice

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1359-1372

  Chevalier, Catherine ^a   Thiberge, Jean Michel ^a   Ferrero, Richard L ^a   Labigne, Agnès ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME PRECURSOR; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL MODEL; ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOBACTER FELIS; HELICOBACTER HEPATICUS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH MUCOSA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FELIS; HELICOBACTER BILIS; HELICOBACTER CANIS; HELICOBACTER FELIS; HELICOBACTER HEPATICUS; HELICOBACTER MUSTELAE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0032982703     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01271.x     Document Type: Article

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